GoNOLA’s Ultimate New Orleans Dining Guide

It’s no wonder New Orleans is considered the hottest food city in America. We not only pride ourselves on preserving the traditional classics, but reinventing them, while also experimenting with modern techniques and flavors. To celebrate the illustrious New Orleans dining scene, the We Live to Eat Restaurant Week will present two course lunches and three course dinners from New Orleans’ finest restaurants at prices that will make you feel like you’re getting away with something. In the spirit of We Live to Eat‘s mission statement, we’ve included a comprehensive guide to our favorite food destinations, because in New Orleans, food is so much more than fuel. Check out the New Orleans Restaurant Week participants, and dig in to GoNOLA’s Ultimate New Orleans Dining Guide to find whatever your taste buds are craving – no matter what they’re in the mood for.

Often times appetizers are some of the most creative and enticing dishes on the menu, especially if that menu is in New Orleans. Check out our favorite appetizers that are the perfect tease to an amazing New Orleans dining experience.

They say it’s the most important meal of the day and we can see why. From eggs benedict to shrimp and grits, you just can’t beat a New Orleans breakfast, especially when accompanied by bottomless brunch drinks.

Bakeries cater to the inner child in all of us with homemade treats like eclairs, croissants, chocolates, cakes, pies, gourmet sandwiches and fresh baked bread. New Orleans bakeries are so good that you might forget that you’re an adult on the way to work in a pantsuit for just a minute – or hopefully several.

The official way to cool down in New Orleans, snoballs come in endless flavor combinations. Cream or fruit flavors, stuffed or unstuffed, condensed milk or plain – the only way to find your favorite is to try them all!

Sometimes in New Orleans, you just want to go with the old standbys like gumbo, jambalaya and red beans and rice, because after all, we do it best. Here are some of the best places to get classic New Orleans dishes.

When the weather is nice in New Orleans, you’ll want to take advantage of it as much as possible, especially because people watching in New Orleans is better than anywhere else. Here are our top five favorite spots with al fresco dining.